Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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ReconIdentify authenticated Splunk Web user
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DeliveryCraft malicious page with postMessage XSS payload
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ExploitDeliver phishing link via email or other channel
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InstallVictim opens malicious page with active Splunk session
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C2Attacker page sends crafted postMessage to Splunk Web tab
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ExecuteUnvalidated message handler executes attacker JavaScript in Splunk origin
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ImpactExfiltrate session data or perform unauthorized Splunk actions
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires all of the following conditions to be satisfied simultaneously: (1) the victim must be an authenticated Splunk Enterprise user with an active Splunk Web session open in their browser; (2) the victim must be successfully phished - tricked into visiting or loading an attacker-controlled web page or resource while that session is active; and (3) Splunk Web must be reachable from the victim's browser (i.e., the victim's browser can simultaneously access both the attacker's page and the Splunk Web interface). No special Splunk configuration is required beyond the default deployment of Splunk Web, which is enabled by default in Splunk Enterprise. Exploitation is limited by: mandatory active user interaction (the attacker cannot trigger it remotely without victim participation), the requirement for a concurrent authenticated Splunk session, and the social engineering prerequisite. The CVSS vector PR:N confirms no attacker authentication to Splunk is required, but the UI:R and AC:H metrics confirm exploitation is not autonomous or opportunistic. |
| Impact | The provided CVSS vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N and score of 6.8 correctly characterize the conditional nature of this vulnerability. AC:H is well-grounded: exploitation is not opportunistic and requires successfully deceiving an authenticated Splunk user into visiting an attacker-controlled page while holding an active session - a prerequisite the vendor description explicitly acknowledges by noting the attacker 'should not be able to exploit the vulnerability at will.' The High Confidentiality and Integrity impact ratings are significant in context, because Splunk Enterprise commonly serves as a centralized SIEM or log analytics platform, meaning victim users frequently have broad visibility into security events, infrastructure logs, and sensitive operational data; a successful session compromise therefore carries outsized organizational impact beyond what the mid-range CVSS score alone conveys. No EPSS data was provided in the available intelligence, and neither a KEV listing nor public proof-of-concept code has been identified, suggesting no observed widespread opportunistic exploitation at time of analysis. The primary risk vector is targeted spear-phishing against Splunk operators or security analysts, where the value of the compromised session justifies the social engineering effort. Organizations that expose Splunk Web to the internet without VPN controls face meaningfully higher risk than those restricting access to internal networks. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker identifies a Splunk Enterprise user - such as a security analyst or IT administrator - and sends a phishing email containing a link to an attacker-controlled web page. When the victim clicks the link while logged into Splunk Web, the malicious page's JavaScript calls window.postMessage targeting the open Splunk Web tab; because Splunk Web's message handler does not validate the message origin, it processes the attacker's payload and executes arbitrary JavaScript within the victim's Splunk session, allowing the attacker to silently exfiltrate search results, harvest session tokens, or submit unauthorized Splunk searches and configuration changes on the victim's behalf. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Aug 19, 2026
Cross-site scripting in Splunk Enterprise (below versions 10.4.2, 10.2.6, 10.0.9, and 9.4.13) enables an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript in an authenticated user's browser by tricking that user into visiting a malicious web page. Splunk Web's page message handler processes incoming postMessage events without validating their origin or source, allowing cross-origin script injection into the victim's active Splunk session. Successful exploitation can expose all data accessible to the victim user and permit unauthorized actions affecting system integrity; no public exploit code or CISA KEV listing has been identified at time of analysis.
RemediationAI
Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to the fixed versions released by Splunk: 10.4.2, 10.2.6, 10.0.9, or 9.4.13 depending on your active version branch, as detailed in Splunk advisory SVD-2026-0801 at https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-0801. Vendor-released patch: 10.4.2 / 10.2.6 / 10.0.9 / 9.4.13. If immediate patching is not operationally feasible, restrict access to the Splunk Web interface to internal networks or VPN-authenticated sessions only, eliminating the attacker's ability to serve a malicious page on a routable address that an authenticated user would encounter; note this does not protect against phishing from within the trusted network. Additionally, deploying a reverse proxy with Content Security Policy headers (specifically frame-ancestors and default-src restrictions) may reduce postMessage attack surface, though misconfigured CSP can break Splunk UI features and requires thorough regression testing before production deployment. User awareness training targeting Splunk operators to recognize phishing attempts that invoke Splunk-themed lures provides a complementary human-layer control with no system-side trade-offs.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The vulnerability exists within Splunk Web, the browser-based interface of Splunk Enterprise, identified by CPE cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*. The root cause is CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation - Cross-Site Scripting), specifically arising from a page message handler that fails to validate the event.origin property of postMessage events received by the browser. The Web Messaging API (window.postMessage) is a standard browser mechanism permitting cross-origin communication between frames and windows; handlers that omit origin validation will process messages from any page, enabling an attacker-controlled page to inject and execute JavaScript within the Splunk Web origin as if it were a trusted internal message. This class of flaw is sometimes called 'postMessage XSS' or 'cross-origin message injection' and is distinct from reflected or stored XSS, though the impact on the victim's session is equivalent.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Network vector; AC:H for mandatory phishing prerequisite; PR:N for attacker; UI:R required; high C/I because victim's full Splunk data and session are exposed; no availability impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (cisco).
CVSS VectorNVD
Lifecycle Timeline
3DescriptionNVD
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.4.2, 10.2.6, 10.0.9, and 9.4.13, an unauthenticated user who tricks another user into visiting a malicious web page could run unauthorized JavaScript in that user's browser. This could allow for unauthorized access to all relevant data available to that user and actions that affect system integrity. The Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) is possible because Splunk Web does not validate the origin and source of messages received by a page message handler. The vulnerability requires the attacker to phish the affected user by tricking them into initiating a request within their browser. The unauthenticated user should not be able to exploit the vulnerability at will.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
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EUVD-2026-63104
GHSA-rvpg-4h5m-w25c
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
Exploit-DB